Flood affected communities to get over £4m funding package

A further £4.2m is to be given to two communities at risk of flooding.

The funding has been allocated for the next financial year in the Draft Budget 2016/17 to complete important flood defence schemes at Boverton in the Vale of Glamorgan and Porthcawl.

This is in addition to the £3m announced in December for work at St Asaph which will also commence in the next financial year.

Boverton is a £1.96m scheme in an area that has suffered frequent flooding in recent years.

It will reduce risk to around 17 homes and businesses and also provide amenity improvements.

The scheme will be built alongside and complement an existing project nearby in Llanmaes reducing risk to the wider catchment.

Porthcawl Town Beach will see £2.25m of improvements to replace the deteriorating coastal defences along the Esplanade Road seafront.

The existing defences are nearing the end of their residual life, with any failure here putting over 260 properties at risk along the seafront and main town.

The project will not only build resilience to coastal flooding and climate change but also provide better access to the foreshore and aesthetic improvements to what is a popular tourist destination.